On Thursday morning, a gas pipeline explosion sent flames shooting into the air near the town of Milford, Texas. Evacuations were ordered as fire burst from a 10-inch pipeline in the ground, according to a CBS-DFW report.

The weather world was also focused on the flame's smoke plume, which showed up on the area's radar imagery. Here's how the plume looked on dual-polarization radar, according to the National Weather Service in Fort Worth, Texas:

"Smoke is just one of many things that Doppler Radar can detect in addition to precipitation such as rain and snow," he said. "Other examples include birds, bugs, wildfire smoke and even military chaff."

Dual-pol radar is fairly new, but the sight of creatures and smoke on radar was also visible in years prior to the implementation of this new technology, Dolce added.

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